Bid package review

Bid package review workflow for overloaded subcontractor estimators

Turn messy plans, specs, addenda, bid forms, GC instructions, and estimator notes into a structured pre-bid review your estimator can actually use before price lock.

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Free fit call · CAD $750 Workflow Blueprint · Builds from CAD $3,500

Built by Duncan Anderson, an AI engineer and data scientist who builds practical automation around real operating workflows.

What usually breaks

Where commercial subcontractors lose time or revenue

The first audit is deliberately narrow. We identify the repeatable workflow, the owner, the inputs, the status points, and the places where a small automation would actually survive daily use.

Bid invites, addenda, drawing sheets, alternates, allowances, and proposal templates live in different email threads or folders.

RFIs are written late, or unanswered RFIs become rushed proposal qualifications.

Vendor quote requests go out without a clean scope split for controls, fire alarm, testing, startup, closeout, or AHJ requirements.

Estimator notes are useful but never become a reusable checklist for the next similar package.

Workflow Blueprint

A fixed first step before any larger automation build

For CAD $750, the Blueprint maps the current workflow, identifies the real bottleneck, scores what is worth automating, and produces a fixed build quote. The fee is fully credited toward your first build.

Workflow map with inputs, owners, tools, handoffs, and status points.

Automate / keep human / redesign / buy recommendation.

First-build plan with trigger, data source, review step, output, and owner.

Risk boundary for what AI can prepare and what your team must approve.

Offer path

Document Intake and Review Workflow

An intake queue with missing-info checks, summaries, classifications, status, and a human approval step before records change.

First build could be

A small workflow your team can review

A bid package intake checklist that forces every package through the same document completeness review.

Not this

Clear scope boundary

This is not full estimating, takeoff, or a replacement for estimator judgment.

Workflow map

The audit follows the real work, not a generic AI checklist

This page is based on the Bid Package Review workflow: a narrow construction bid desk concept focused on scope notes, RFI candidates, risk flags, exclusions, and bid-day checklists rather than full estimating or takeoff.

Package intake: plans, specs, addenda, bid instructions, bid form, proposal template, scope letter, and estimator notes.

Document completeness check: missing addenda logs, final bid forms, alternates, allowances, unit prices, bonding, taxes, and delivery instructions.

Scope boundary scan: divisions, trade overlaps, vendor responsibilities, exclusions, clarifications, and unclear GC requirements.

Output: RFI candidates, proposal qualifications, vendor quote prompts, risk flags, and a bid-day checklist.

Automation candidates

Likely first builds

The right first build is usually small, specific, and close to revenue or deadline pressure.

A bid package intake checklist that forces every package through the same document completeness review.

RFI and qualification draft generation from ambiguous scope, missing sheets, addenda changes, and vendor dependencies.

Estimator-ready bid-day checklist generation for addenda acknowledgements, alternates, allowances, taxes, bonding, and submission instructions.

Reusable review templates by trade so the second package is faster than the first.

Audit output

What you get back

The goal is a decision-ready plan: what to automate first, what to keep manual, and what data or tool connection is needed.

A workflow map from bid invite to submitted proposal.

A missing-document and addenda-risk checklist.

A first-pass structure for RFI candidates, exclusions, and bid-day checks.

A practical build plan for a concierge-assisted or semi-automated bid review workflow.

Request a fit review

Send the workflow that is costing time, deals, or deadline confidence

Specifics help. Include the tools involved, how the work arrives, who owns it, where status gets lost, and what would count as a useful win.

What happens next

I review every workflow personally and usually reply within two business days. If there is a fit, the CAD $750 Workflow Blueprint produces the map, recommendation, and fixed build quote. Focused builds start at CAD $3,500 and normally take 7–10 business days.

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